In Code

Elsewhere

Support My Wording & Coding

After
a week and a half in Chicago,
we’re home. I’m still not entirely sure what happened. All I know is, we
weren’t married when we left, and photos like these offer some clues:

As part of the deal, we both got ourselves a new name. Our friend
Henry explained:

They wanted it to represent both of them…. Rebekka suggested the
idea to Germify the “Schlair” name, which is already a German word
meaning “veil”, by giving it its standard German spelling. This was
obviously the best idea. It was a short and satisfying conversation.

He also saw fit to share a bit of
my bad poetry
in the ceremony. So I’ll share a few of my better words here:

It’s because of you that I keep getting better at knowing what I need,
at choosing what to do about it, and at being able to do it. And it’s
because of who you are that what I need most is you, and what I choose
to do about it is this.

These are supposed to be my vows, but I have only one: I promise that
for us to continue having a fulfilling life together, there aren’t any
new promises we need to make.